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Latin spelling of Πηνελοπη (Penelope), a Greek name possibly derived from Greek πηνελοψ (pēnelops) = 'duck' (bird) [1]
Ducks Image by Diliff,[2] licensed under Creative Commons |
Penelope | ♀ |
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See also Penny
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Penelope |
Genitive: | Penelopes |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Penelope |
Genitive: | Penelopen |
Partitive: | Penelopea |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Penelope |
Genitive: | Penelopes |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Penelope |
Genitive: | Penelopes |
In Homer's epic the 'Odyssey' Penelope is the wife of Odysseus, who sat patiently awaiting his return for twenty years, meanwhile, as a supposed widow, fending off by persuasion and guile a pressing horde of suitors for her hand in marriage.
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[4] |
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102 | 233 | 102 | 233 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[5] |
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120 | n.a. |
120 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[6] |
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n.a. |
101 | n.a. |
101 | 0 | 0 |
Iceland[7] |
|
1 | 1 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
55 | n.a. |
55 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Penelope.